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World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson could only finish fourth in Eugene on Saturday but she feels the defeat is just what she needed ahead of the grueling 2024 season
World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson feels her fourth place finish at the season-ending Diamond League, the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon gave her valuable lessons that she will use to prepare for next season.
Richardson paid the price for a poor start, finishing a disappointing fourth in 10.80 in a race won by Jamaican Shericka Jackson who clocked 10.70, five milliseconds ahead of Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast while her compatriot Elaine Thomson-Hera completed the podium in 10.79.
For Richardson, who claimed gold as Jackson won silver the World Championships last month, a slow start meant she could not sustain the momentum of the race, getting a rare loss in 100m this season but she is unfazed as she feels she now has something to work on ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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23:30 - 16.09.2023
ATHLETICS Shericka Jackson gets revenge on Sha'Carri Richardson at Prefontaine Classic
The Jamaican claimed victory in the 100m at the season-ending Diamond League race while the world champion could only finish fourth.
“What matters is being whole with myself as an athlete, being a great competitor, executing what it is that I know I can after having an amazing season. I am not mad at all about the time that I did today,” she said after Saturday’s race.
“I always give her (Jackson) a big hug, I love her. Today was amazing, a great end to the season. It just gives me stuff to work on, prepare for Olympics next year.
“We’ve had the men run for a while, but it’s our time now and we’re here to stay. We got fresh, beautiful women and that’s gonna take over the entire game. Watch. Expect me to continue to be ‘Not I’m back. I’m better.’”
Richardson has been the most consistent 100m runner this year given of the eight fastest 100m times of 2023, she owns five, with the earliest of those coming back in May when she ran 10.76 with the outdoor season still in its infancy.
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17:35 - 15.09.2023
ATHLETICS How Sha’Carri Richardson is planning to celebrate her remarkable 2023 season
A big party could be in the offing for World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson’s fans if she decides to execute some of her plans.
Her performance on Saturday was, however, a far cry from the 10.65 she posted when winning gold at the World Championship in Budapest, Hungary which will give her plenty to ponder and work on ahead of the Olympics.
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